Are you excited for the Leeds Test? We all are. But once again, that old enemy of this beautiful game has made an appearance. RAINING! And it's going to be a delayed start. Let's hope that we get underway soon. Stay tuned for more updates. Preview - After a gripping Test match at Lord's, the third Test has arrived in a blink of an eye. Australia have managed to maintain their 1-0 lead after salvaging a draw in a nerve-wracking manner in the final hour of the last Test match. Now the caravan moves to Headingley where the visitors will be playing after a decade. In the two Tests so far, it has been Steve Smith who has kept the English bowling in check while others have struggled. With Smudge ruled out of this Test match, it is up to the other batters to raise their game and step up, especially the openers. Marcus Harris is eagerly waiting in the wings for his chance and it will be interesting to find if Australia try him out this time around. Their bowling has been up to the mark with Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon displaying excellent form. Josh Hazlewood, who made his return after a layoff, created an immediate impact and ripped apart the top order of the hosts in the second Test. It's been a conscious effort from the team management to manage the workload of the bowlers and we might see Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson in the XI. England's Test fortunes are dwindling at the moment with the series loss against West Indies and the defeat in the first Ashes Test may have put doubts in their minds. Their top order has let them down consistently. Joe Root has failed to inspire confidence with his bat and time is running out for Jason Roy to prove his Test credentials. Rory Burns has been the only positive at the top with a century in the first Test followed by a fifty in the second. It's the middle-lower order that has been saving the face for them so far. The bowling received a boost with the addition of the World Cup hero, Jofra Archer who bowled with a lot of fire and nominated himself as the world's most feared fast bowler. He was so destructive that he knocked out Smith with a snorter, resulting in a concussion. The Three Lions have named an unchanged squad with Anderson yet to recover from his calf injury. It is still a long way to go and England can strike back in the series but they will have to be at their best to do so. In the last five Ashes Tests in Leeds, Australia hold a 4-1 advantage over the hosts. The Kangaroos have the lead in the series at the moment but England would be believing that they have the momentum heading into this encounter. A series defying game this as a win here for the Aussies will see them retain the urn. The conditions are supposed to be cloudy on all the five days and let's hope that the rain does not spoil what promises to be an intriguing clash between these two sides.